Necktie holder



Dec; 191922. 1,439,261 I. T. REILLY.

NECKTIE HOLDER. FILED we. 4. 1921.

Invenqr a bear a iipen the under of Patented Dec. 19, 1 922.

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" Application filed August 51921. ser1 1-na4sas12l To a'ZZ whom it may concern-L a Be it known that I, INEvA T. REILLY, citizen of the United States-residing at Tue dianapolisy in the ,county of Marion and 5 State of'lndiana have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie Hold: ers; and Ido'declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in 10 the art to which. it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to an improved necktie holder and one object of the invention is to provide a holder which is so constructed that the neckties may be placed 'ililt upon the holder and folded over the upper end of the holder, clamps being provided upon theupper and lower faces of the holder board for engaging the endportions of the tie and not only serving to retain the neckties in engagement with the holder board butfalso serving to hold the neckties stretched so thatcreases will be removed from the neckties.

Another object of the invention is to prof vide aholder which can be stamped from sheet material and thus very cheaply pro- -duced.'"

Another object of the invention is to mo vide a necktie holder which will be simple in construction and very easy to operate and] which will be light and durable.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawingywhereing o Figurel is a view. showing the necktie holder looking at-the outer face thereof.

Figure 2 is a view showing the necktie holder in side elevation.

I Figure 3. 1s a view showing the necktieholder in upper end elevation.

This improved necktie holder is provided with a body portion lin the lform of a flat and relatively thin board which a may be formed'of any suitable material and maybe eitherwood, sheet metal, composition or any other material. Upon the upper face of the board or body 1, there has been provided a relatively large spring clamp-2 which exi tends transversely of the board as shown in Fig. 1 and is curved longitudinally as shownv in Figs. 2' and. '3 sothat a necktie may be easily passed between the board and clamp 2 and the neckties securely gripped by the claim and held in engagement with. the

which is a relatively small clamp and. ex- I tends transversely of the board. This clamp 3 is curved longitudinally similar to the clamp '2 as shown in Fig. 3 and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is located above the clamp 2.

It should be further noted thatthisclamp 3 be'easily put in place and gripped by the clamp2 and then, stretched upon the board and moved into engagement with theclamp. 3. When this device is in use, a necktie of the four-in-hand type'will be doubled with P TEM am;1.;;

.there hasbeen provided asecond clamp 3 has its free end portion extending in an opposite dlrection to the free end portion of .the clamp 2 thus permitting the necktie to one end terminating short of the second end.

Of course, the tie may be doubled with the ends brought together if desired but in the preferred form, the tie will be doubled with. v i

one end terminating short of the second end. After the tie has been doubled, it will be placed upon the outer face of the board and slipped beneath the clamp 2 so that the end portions of the tie will befirmly gripped by this large clamp. The doubled portion ofthe tie will then be drawn tightly upon the -board and carried over the upper end of 'thejboard and brought into "contact with the.- undertace of'the board so that the doubled portion of the tie can be slipped into the engagement with the smaller clamp 3'. The tie will thusbe firmly gripped and will be held tightly stretched upon the board so that all wrinkles will'be removed when the tie istalken off of the board. After one tie has been put in place, others can be folded and putin place. It will thus be seen that the board will serve to carry one tie or if desired more than one tie The placed longitudinally thereof and doubled over one end; and-tie gripping ii'ueans"upon opposite seats of and hnard sees a? said,

resilient tongue extending transversely of the board and cui ved longitudinally] 3. A necktie holder and stretcher con1prising a fiat board for having a necktie placed longitudinally t-hereonand doubledover one 1 end, and tie gripping tongues upon :the opposi'te faces of the board extending tiansQ versely thereof and curved longitudinally,

the tongue upon one face of the board being direetiontoothe free end portion of the last mentloned tongue.

ln telstiniony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

' INEVA T. REILLY. 

